diff --git a/lib/array_equals.rb b/lib/array_equals.rb
index 58e8369..38995d5 100644
--- a/lib/array_equals.rb
+++ b/lib/array_equals.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,26 @@
+
 # Determines if the two input arrays have the same count of elements
 # and the same integer values in the same exact order
 def array_equals(array1, array2)
-  raise NotImplementedError
+  number_of_equal_elements = 0
+
+  if array1.length == array2.length
+    array1.length.times do |i|
+      array1[i] == array2[i] ? number_of_equal_elements += 1 : number_of_equal_elements -= 1
+
+    end
+
+  else
+    return false
+
+  end
+
+
+  if array1.length == number_of_equal_elements && array2.length == number_of_equal_elements
+    return true
+
+  else
+    return false
+    
+  end
 end